The Conversation

Physical activity programmes in schools aren’t working – here’s why

Rebecca Love receives funding from the Gates Cambridge. Esther van Sluijs receives funding from MRC, NIHR, and DoH. Jean Adams receives funding from the National Institute for Health Research, the ...
EurekAlert!

Physical activity in schools can improve children's fitness

A structured physical activity programme at school can improve children's fitness and decrease body fat, a study published on bmj.com today shows. Researchers in Switzerland studied 540 seven and ...
The Conversation

Schools are a crucial place for physical activity programmes – here’s how to make them work

Michaela James receives funding from the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research. The importance of promoting activity in young people cannot be overstated. It is a public health ...
EurekAlert!

Digital tools make physical exercise programmes more effective and easier to stick with

A thesis under way at the UOC studies how to improve the prescription of physical exercise in the field of eHealth Everyone aged between 18 and 64 should carry out between 150 and 300 minutes of ...
BMJ

Using electronic/computer interventions to promote physical activity

Department of Community Health and the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School and the Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA The internet has been used as a ...